Today marks the beginning of what could quite possibly be the best week ever.
Tomorrow is the day we’ve all been waiting for:
Nuun will FINALLY be announcing the three teams picked to run the Mother of all Relays, Hood to Coast, this August! The anticipation for this announcement has been building with each passing day and the SUSPENSE. IS. KILLING. ME!! I’ve been reading race recaps from both of the 2011 teams and let me tell you – those ladies had a BLAST! Nuun is such an incredible product and as an avid supporter, the opportunity to secure a spot on one of their relay teams would be absolutely AMAZING.
The competition is stiff, that’s for sure. There are roughly 70 applications floating around out there, and an unknown amount submitted via email. If you click through the entries, you’ll find countless creative videos and many inspiring women longing to run Hood to Coast. Nuun has their work cut out for them!
Another big event this week is on Wednesday: Marathon Opening Day!
Oddly enough, I don’t have a fall race on my schedule yet. I don’t think I’ll be able to do a destination race next fall due to other travel plans, so if there’s any time to do one – it’s this year. After going back and forth about a hundred million times, I decided to enter the lottery for NYC. I know my chances of getting in are VERY slim, but hey, it’s worth a shot! If I didn’t enter this year, I wouldn’t be able to again until 2014. So far away! Here’s hoping that 2012 is my lucky year.
So, that’s the big HUGE week. Nuun announcement on Tuesday, NYC lottery on Wednesday. Wish me luck! 
You can check out my official Nuun Hood to Coast Relay Application 2012 here. And if you’re so inclined, feel free to tweet @nuunhydration and let them know why you think they should choose me {@melissalicia512} for a spot on their 2012 Hood to Coast relay team!
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Fingers crossed for the race applications!! It would be amazing for you to race and blog one – or both – of those events!
Thank you so much Faith, I appreciate it!
omg thanks for reminding me that Wednesday is NYC Open Day. I’m sooooooo excited. I entered the lottery as well and REALLY HOPE I get in. Would be completely amazing! Hoping you and I both find luck there! — Ericka @ The Sweet Life (sweetlifeericka.com)
It is an exciting week! I can’t believe they changed the rules for the NYC marathon lottery. This is my third year entering the lottery and according to the old rules, if I didn’t get picked again I would definitely be able to run next year. Alas, that’s no more and now I have a .00005 chance like everyone else. Might just have to raise money for charity one of these years to get in because I’m certainly not going to qualify with my injury